What is the composition of a kite?

A kite consists of five parts: a frame, a kite surface, a tail, a lifting line, and a flying line.

Ordinary kites are generally made of bamboo as the frame and paper as the flesh. Other composite materials include silk, nylon cloth, plastic film or bamboo strips, gauze paper strips, horse-drawn paper, etc.

Paper and silk are the common materials for making traditional kites. They are brightly colored and can better reflect the charm of Chinese kites. However, paper is easy to break and silk is expensive. The products of modern science-nylon cloth and plastic film have become the most popular materials for making kites. new materials.

Bamboo is the main material for making kite frames. Bamboo with a wall thickness of 3-5 cm can be cut into bamboo slices, and the toughness of the bamboo slices can be used to make the kite skeleton. The skeleton of the kite can be woven according to personal preferences, such as dragonfly shape, butterfly shape, etc.

Paper is the main material for masking kites. It is better to have thin fibers with long and uniform fibers, high toughness, resistance to moisture and impact, and white and clean color. Paste the paper on the frame and tie the string, and the kite is ready.

Extended information:

After the advent of Chinese kites, they were quickly used for military purposes such as measuring, transmitting information, and flying over dangerous obstacles. During the Tang and Song Dynasties, due to the emergence of the paper industry, kites were made of paper and were soon introduced to the people and became people's entertainment toys.

Kites in the Song Dynasty have become widely popular among the people. With the increase of international exchanges, Chinese kites have spread to all over the world. It first spread to neighboring countries such as Japan and North Korea, and then spread across the ocean to Myanmar, Malaya, Indonesia and New Zealand, and even to the islands in the east.

The other line followed the "Silk Road" or the Mongolian conquest route into Arabia and Western Europe. Marco Polo, an Italian who served as an official in China for 17 years during the Yuan Dynasty, also introduced kites to the West after his return.